Are you a woman majoring in a STEM field and interested in becoming a mentor or being mentored by someone in your STEM field of study?
WiSTEM is a year-long initiative hosted by the UConn Women’s Center (located at the 4th floor of the Student Union) designed to support underclass women pursuing STEM degrees through the mentorship by their upperclass women with similar major/career paths. We want to enhance the role of women in STEM at UConn through discussion and educating about women’s issues, gender equity and stereotypes within the STEM field, while allowing these women to form connections with each other. WiSTEM hopes to address possible obstacles, including “weed out” courses, GPA recovery, on-campus research labs, communicating with professors, and proper work-life balance.
This is a full year program with 1) one-on-one meetings between mentors and mentees and 2) full group biweekly meetings (every two weeks) on Tuesdays 3:30-4:30pm with the entire mentor and mentee cohort.
Mentor Qualifications:
Be a current UConn undergraduate sophomore, junior or senior woman who will be enrolled on the Storrs campus for the entire Fall 2023/Spring 2024 academic year.
Must be committed to assisting and spending time with your mentee(s) through one-on-one meetings
Must attend biweekly meetings every other Tuesday at 3:30-4:30pm
Must have a STEM major (List can be found at http://admissions.uconn.edu/academics/stem) and demonstrate a continued interest in pursuing a major/career in the STEM fields
Have a 3.0 minimum GPA.
Mentee Qualifications:
Be a current UConn undergraduate first or second year woman who will be enrolled on the Storrs campus for the entire Fall 2023/Spring 2024 academic year.
Must have an expected major in the STEM fields.
Must be willing to coordinate with mentor to attend one-on-one meetings
Must attend bi-weekly meetings every other Tuesday at 3:30-4:30pm
For more information, contact: WiSTEM coordinators Anjeli Joseph and Fejiro Akhuetie-Oni at wistem@uconn.edu